2019 Canadian Federal Election in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland

The federal Canadian election is on October 21st, 2019. Below is information about Vancouver area electoral districts, political parties and candidates.

This article gives a very brief overview of relevant information about each district in the Lower Mainland. It’s also a living document and will be added to over time as the election approaches.

We live in a democracy and have the opportunity to help choose our government representatives and the leadership of our country. Not everyone in the world has this luxury. Don’t waste this opportunity! Mark your calendar, do your research and get out to vote!

LEADERSHIP DEBATES

The next National English language debate takes place between the leaders of Canada’s major political parties on October 7th. Here are the details:

All-candidates debates will also take place all over the Lower Mainland in each of the region’s various electoral districts. At those you can hear what the politicians at the local level have to say.

Federal Election 2019

Canadians get to choose their next federal government on Monday, October 21st, 2019. On that date a “best place to be” is at a voting station exercising your right to vote!

The main political parties to choose from are the Liberal Party (led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau), Conservative Party (led by Andrew Scheer), the NDP (led by Jagmeet Singh) and the Green Party (led by Elizabeth May). There are also other parties and independent candidates to choose from.

Canadians elect local representatives and the party with the most successful candidates forms the government. Below is information about the different local regions where people in the Lower Mainland can vote.

(Note: The information in this article is accurate to the best of our ability. Details, however, are subject to change. Check with Elections Canada or other officials or party offices in your community for exact information. Also, this article provides just very basic information. It does not attempt to include mention of every candidate, debate and other details. Vancouver’s Best Places also does not endorse any particular parties or candidates.)

Vancouver Federal Electoral Districts

There are twenty-six electoral districts within Metro Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. There are six within the City of Vancouver, five in Surrey, four in the Fraser Valley and eleven in the rest of Metro Vancouver and up the Sea to Sky Corridor.

Click on any of the following blue city or region links to jump to information about a specific area.

Vancouver Granville

This electoral district came into effect during the 2015 election. It is made up of former parts of these four ridings: Vancouver Centre, Vancouver Quadra, Vancouver Kingsway and Vancouver South.

The riding has a complicated recent history with federal representatives. The representative that was elected last time was Jody Wilson-Raybould, previously of the Liberal Party. Wilson-Raybould is running in the 2019 election this time as an independent.

Below are the other major party candidates campaigning in this riding. Click on their names for more information.

New Westminster-Burnaby

This district’s boundaries were adjusted in 2012 when it was created from parts of Burnaby-New West and New West-Coquitlam. Today it includes the City of New Westminster and parts of Burnaby just south of Burnaby Lake.

NDP: Svend Robinson (who previously served as an NDP Member of Parliament from 1979 to 2004)

The above electoral district will be especially interesting to watch as it is at the heart of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion issue (given the fact that the oil refinery and pipeline terminus are located within its borders).

View of North Vancouver from Burnaby Mountain

North Shore & Sea to Sky

There are three electoral districts that include areas on the North Shore and in the Sea to Sky Corridor. They are the following plus Burnaby North–Seymour (which is described above in the section about Burnaby):

North Vancouver | West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country

North Vancouver

This district includes the areas of the City of North Vancouver and the western half of the District of North Vancouver.

The current federal representative is Jonathan Wilkinson from the Liberal Party. Wilkinson is the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.

Below are the other major party candidates running against Wilkinson in this riding. Click on their names for more information.

Conservative: Andrew Saxton (who previously served as a Member of Parliament from 2008 until 2015)

West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country

The current federal representative is Pamela Goldsmith-Jones from the Liberal Party. Goldsmith-Jones is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Mayor of the District of West Vancouver. She is not running again in the 2019 election.

Below are the major party candidates who are competing for votes in the riding this year.

Surrey

Cloverdale-Langley City

This district’s boundaries were adjusted in 2012 and the riding came into effect in 2015. As its name suggests, it includes parts of Surrey around Cloverdale as well as the neighbouring City of Langley.

The current federal representative is John Aldag from the Liberal Party.

Below are other 2019 candidates from the major political parties. Click their names for further details.

Information on this website is accurate to the best of our ability at the time of writing, but actual details may vary. Vancouver's Best Places does not accept responsibility for loss or inconvenience due to errors. For the most up-to-date information see relevant official websites.

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